Wretchard,
Every stereotype and cliche is true, to a point.
Jewish neighborhoods support chinese resaurants. Some years ago there were a spate of reports that Audi cars were experiencing a phenomena known as “unintended acceleration” in which the car would lurch into gear and hit the owner standing in front of it. The largest number of these accidents happened in Skokie Illinois. That community also had the greatest concentration of Holocaust survivors per capita in America. They convinced themselves somehow that buying an Audi was not the same as buying a Volkswagen. The fantasy persisted until the Director of Audi escaped from wherever his PR staff were hiding him and found a microphone. “Vee are undevahring to teach our customrz zee diffahrentz betveen der brahk und dur aczelahrator” Audi disappeared from America for over 10 years. Now their children and grandchildren have convinced themselves that the world is just like the TV shows they write or their college campuses, only with better food and plumbing.
Belmont Club
Lifeofthemind
2008-08-20 15:06:47








